My colleague, Shaun Martin, has a post on this case over at California Appellate Report, in which he asks an interesting question--is this guy really better off living in Oakland? The district court judge anticipated this argument but thought that even a little distance between the defendant and his former gang would be worthwhile. The Ninth Circuit's opinion upholding the condition is here.

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Just had the same case. And here's what client told me about it, "with all of the talk about Sex Offender Legislation I don’t hear any discussions about requiring Rental Property Owners being required to letting new prospective renters with children know that they are renting to a registered sex offender in the same rental property,or next door.

My daughter living in Golden Colorado moved into a duplex with her 17 year old son and 13 year old daughter after finding out that a registered sex offender lived right next door in the same duplex. If my daughter had know that in advance, she would never have moved in.